legitimate use for them it absolutely paints a whole other picture for the background of this suckup attempt. Apparently he is lucky enough to have an actual use for at least one of them, but not smart enough to make his convenient suckup attempt appear to be impartially investigatory in nature.
He couldn't even interpret the data he got to make a useful conclusion out of it, if it had teeth it would have bit him. Don't point it out though....it means that you are angry and are taking it out on him, lol. Plenty of red herring on the "bullshit du jour" menu today.